New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
NORTH c4HoLINA WAYTs MEN.

A STATEMENT OF ITS VALUABLE RESOURCES Az"
THE OPPORTUNITIES IT OFFERS.
The State OF North Carolina has grievance. htninAs
that Its advantages permanent nome i's "'ao''o
rc.s as a summer resort its richness as reio'"'s "
nn.ra, w.a,,- Its adaptapty to all the demands
which agriculture. forestry ui'''s VI
can make upon It. have been ignored TOO Ions gnu "S
oottsn nm boom to counterfeit this slight aud give
tho state the industrial Importance to which 1t Is en-
titled with this end in view the State has established
Rureau OF Immigration at Raleigh. with branch Offices nj
various North. One othese Is stationed at NO
% Doys and is under the direction OF f. T. McAster
This gentleman and his manager, N. W. Sehenes. have
made special study of the OF North Carolina
and In the of sation with TRIBUNE re-
porter Mt. McAIister spoke OF them as follows
North Carolina sparsely settled aud it is strange
fact that although it IS three times as large as Massa
cbusetts Its largest city. Wilmington boasts OF only
10000 inhabitants This due to the fact that the state
has practically inaccessible TO the railways un,i
recently and only In 1850 that the vast western
matter OF climate 1t Is especially well provided. since
there are no than four distinct climates with all the
variety OF natural products incidental to each The
advantages OF this are evident asd give the
s. g, osrsss and rs Tse state is rc in natural
products OF all kinds and Its varieties or timber trees are
fact that an estimate b, the state geoogist
goes 70 snow UNA, ro than eonra,ned in the
engines Of every kind employed in the United States
said ia. they Were abnndsnt and we'll distributed
the entire area. "Iron atouBds," said he. both
magnetic and hemate, the most valuable being spo
cies the famous black oxide ore OF the
Cranberry mines in the northern part OF the state scat
tered through the state three or four gold belts from
which large quantities have already been obaiaed ana
which are still being worked on an extensive scale
Mica coru ndu IN aud other minerals Of commercial value
are also mined fine quality of marble OF peculiar
colored tint Is found the Georgia line. and
granite formations of every variety found throughout
the state. I sho1d also mention the fine deposits OF
1aoln china clay used for pottery purposes. some OF
which shows higher percentage OF silica 70
slumina, than tho celebrated European deposits
The tracts forest land OF great extent and are
untouched by the wooamans axe because there has been
no woodinah there to disturb them.
"Along the coast extensive hsheries whicn nave
been carefully oscred and yield large returns BY the
middle of largo Of submarine territory
will be laid out royster gardening as that Industry
ia praciised on Long Island Sound. and VIII
be ready sale In spite OF all these attractions the
State Is poor because II wants men-farmers artisans
manufacturers thrifty Industrious workDen OF ali kinds
1t would be paratise for tha now American party,
because the shows that OF all the states North
Carolina has largest aatveborn population ana the
smallest foreign element The price OF land ranges from
So $50 per and being RAPIDLY taken up by en-
rain Deoplc"